Major-People-Of-The-Crusades

Major People of Crusades

Pope Urban II- He gave a sermon to inspired the crusades to travel to the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem to reclaim the Holy Land for Christians.

Peter the Hermit- He preached to the Crusades and gave them the fire to keep on moving forward in times of doubt and reminded them what they were fight for.

Godfrey of Bouillon- He was the leader that directed the Crusaders in the first holy war to take over Jerusalem

Baldwin and Eustace of Flanders- He was an important asset to the Norman Conquest.

King Louis VII- He was the French King who sent out troops for the second attempt to force the Muslims to retreat.

Bernard of Clairvaux- He was one of the most famous preachers of the middle ages. He went along on the crusade to keep the christain faith flowing through their blood.

Pope Gregory VIII- The pope replaced Pope Urban II, but did not replace his idea that they must Take over Jerusalem for God.

Emperor Frederick Barbarossa- The Emperor of Rome that is claimed to have gathered and set out an army of 100,000 men which the numbers may not be true.

King Philip Augustus- The King of France that had fights with England, but settled when Jerusalem fell.

King Richard- He King of England that paid for an army of 20,000.

Pope Innocent III- He organized the Forth Crusade, but to his surprise that attacked another Christian city of Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire.

King Louis IX- He helped provide a strong defense to the Islamic attacks in the city of Acre.